conform
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Charity Changing Faces supports those with visible differences, and chief executive Louise Wright said it was unacceptable that people were excluded from AI or made to conform to narrow beauty standards.
From BBC β Oct. 28, 2026
In time, however, it becomes evident that their personal interests don’t entirely conform to the public interest, and a backlash grows.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 7, 2026
It said India's construction of hydroelectric projects on the Indus and associated rivers had to conform to the 1960 treaty.
From Barron's β Aug. 31, 2026
Professor Inger Brodey alleged that the school’s hiring was marred by “improprieties, slander, vindictiveness and manipulation” and accused Mr. Atkins of hiring “candidates who conform to unspoken, homogenous, ideological criteria.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 30, 2026
He didn’t want to send “all brothers” to Comstock—it would conform too much to the upstate stereotype of Sing Sing.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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The bill has already had to be redrafted to take account of questions raised by the Council of State, the body which previews draft legislation to ensure it conforms with French and European law.
From BBC β Jan. 26, 2026
Jeremy Grantham’s Wall Street career exactly conforms to this charmed sequence, but with what troubles along the way.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jan. 9, 2026
This allowed the works to be safeguarded until the museum could reopen "in a modern format that conforms to international standards", she added.
From Barron's β Dec. 31, 2025
Instead of inserting a probe into the brain, the new version gently conforms to the skull surface and shines light through the bone.
From Science Daily β Dec. 8, 2025
But I do feel like every second we spend standing these inches apart is one that I must impress upon my mind until my entire memory conforms to its shape.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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"I want to say broadly over the month or so that's transpired since then, the world has broadly conformed to our expectations."
From Barron's β Oct. 16, 2026
When researchers applied a small electrical potential, the cornea gradually softened and conformed to the shape of the lens.
From Science Daily β May 28, 2026
The trust's Transitioning in the Workplace policy allowed a person to use the single-sex space that conformed with their gender identity, and anyone of that sex who objected could change elsewhere.
From BBC β Jan. 16, 2026
A BLS spokeswoman said that its approach to Thursday’s report conformed with the agency’s longstanding plans for handling missing data, consistent with international standards.
From The Wall Street Journal β Dec. 18, 2025
They conformed to nothing except what was essential to their being able to live in their world.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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Johnson is so concerned with conforming to the auspicious, nostalgic idea of who Bourdain was that he makes his biopic far too safe.
From Salon β Aug. 12, 2026
That monthly payment jumps to $2,496 if they take a 30-year conforming loan at a rate of 6.81%.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 5, 2026
But then "people started conforming to behave in ways that would not show racism. That doesn't mean that it's now absent", she adds.
From BBC β Apr. 24, 2026
"Not conforming to these stagings can be perceived as a lack of love or romance."
From Barron's β Feb. 12, 2026
I tie my shoes in a hurry, pull on a jacket, and sprint out of the room, catching up to the line of initiates quickly, conforming my pace to theirs.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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